CVE-2012-1535

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and...

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploitFix available

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

70.4%Down 20.0 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2012-1535
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.8

Record: CVE-2012-1535
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2012-1553 7.8

Record: EUVD-2012-1553
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5876-f5vv-fv9w 7.8

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and...

Record: GHSA-5876-f5vv-fv9w
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted SWF content.

Record: CVE-2012-1535
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:6	before 0:11.2.202.238-1.el6	0:11.2.202.238-1.el6
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	before 0:11.2.202.238-1.el5	0:11.2.202.238-1.el5
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	before 0:11.2.202.238-1.el5	0:11.2.202.238-1.el5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	Adobe Flash Player 11.3 Kern Table Parsing Integer Overflow	2012-08-09
Exploit-DB	Adobe Flash Player 11.3 - Font Parsing Code Execution (Metasploit)	2012-08-20

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-1535 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Adobe Flash Player, published August 15, 2012. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since March 3, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since March 3, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 70.4%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in flash-plugin 0:11.2.202.238-1.el6.

References

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